'Go Set a Watchman' release party

Go Set A Watchman

By Tim Prudente /

Mary Gillingham, of Annapolis, a 2013 graduate of St. Mary's High School and cafe manager at The Annapolis Bookstore, dressed Tuesday evening in overalls as Scout, a character from "To Kill A Mockingbird." Readers celebrated the classic novel Tuesday, when a second book by author Harper Lee was released.

Mary Gillingham, of Annapolis, a 2013 graduate of St. Mary's High School and cafe manager at The Annapolis Bookstore, dressed Tuesday evening in overalls as Scout, a character from "To Kill A Mockingbird." Readers celebrated the classic novel Tuesday, when a second book by author Harper Lee was released. (By Tim Prudente /)

Bookstores around the country were banned from opening Harper Lee's anticipated and newly released novel, "Go Set A Watchman," before Tuesday. More than 300 people placed holds on the new book at Anne Arundel County libraries.

Bookstores around the country were banned from opening Harper Lee's anticipated and newly released novel, "Go Set A Watchman," before Tuesday. More than 300 people placed holds on the new book at Anne Arundel County libraries. (By Tim Prudente /)